24.03.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
New addition: A branch of the European Forest Institute has just opened in Bonn. The institute conducts research on forests at a pan-European level and advises policy makers.
27.03.2017 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
With their project “HypoWave” scientists in Frankfurt, headed by the agricultural expert Martina Winker, aim to re-purpose municipal sewage waste water for hydroponic plant breeding programmes by filtering out the nutrients while simultaneously minimising water usage in agriculture.
28.03.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
International experts from politics and industry gathered in Berlin to discuss the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Publication
Research and sustainable use for the bioeconomyPublished by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), November 2024Edited by: bioökonomie.de/BIOCOM Interrelations GmbHOur soils are an indispensable basis for life and, as sensitive ecosystems, are at the beginning of the value chains of a bio-based economy. Application-oriented research is a key to the sustainable use of soils in the context of a bioeconomy. With the BonaRes and Rhizo4Bio initiatives, the BMBF has set a funding focus on applied soil research that is unique in Europe. The brochure describes the joint projects and presents the most important results in a compact and understandable form. The brochure also integrates the activities into the European Research Area. Download PDF
30.03.2017 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
The DNA molecule offers countless structural possibilities. Dresden-based scientists developed a synthetic envelope to protect the sensitive building blocks.
31.03.2017 News
Food Animals Biodiversity
Aquacultures are polluting Chile's rivers with a cocktail of dissolved organic substances. An international team of researchers establishes new safety limits.
04.04.2017 Country
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Finland’s dense pine forests are the central resource of its bioeconomy.
05.04.2017 News
Consumables Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The synthetic silk biopolymer produced by Amsilk found its way into nail polish: Together with Ocean Pharma the new product will be unveiled at in-cosmetics Global in London.
06.04.2017 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
BASF acquired the licence for the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas from Boston’s Broad Institute. Now the company can utilize the tool for its global enterprises.
06.04.2017 Interview
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Peptides are multi talents but expensive to produce. The CEO of the Düsseldorf start up Numaferm aims to use a novel biotechnological method in order to provide the protein building blocks in a more cost-efficient way.
07.04.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Tropical forests are being more and more fragmented. Leipzig-based scientists assessed that this increases carbon dioxide emissions by an additional third.
11.04.2017 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biodiversity
Dortmund-based biochemists are able to draw patterns in cells. All that is needed to paint with “molecular ink” is a laser and light sensitive molecules.
13.04.2017 News
Automobile unspecific Materials sciences
A pan-German collaboration of Audi, BASF, and Covestro developed a new bio-based car coating. Thus reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions during production.
19.04.2017 News
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A global event for the freedom of science taking place on April 22. In Germany demonstrations are planned at 20 sites - from Berlin to Heligoland.
20.04.2017 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Where does the sugar in the sugar beet actually come from? Scientists from research and industry looked into this question in order to increase yields from sugar beet.
19.04.2017 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity
Emmanuelle Charpentier discovered the revolutionary genome editing tool CRISPR-Cas. Now she will head her own Max-Planck research unit in Berlin.
17.04.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Extreme weather occurrences are endangering harvest yields worldwide. To enable more precise weather forecasts a new Land-Atmosphere Feedback Observatory (LAFO) will be established.
27.04.2017 Success story
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Aided by new sequencing technologies, Nils Stein and his team of plant geneticists have succeeded in decoding all seven chromosomes of the barley genome far quicker than was originally planned. In the process, they have greatly added to the genome map of this important agricultural crop.
25.04.2017 News
Food Animals Biodiversity
Berlin-based researcher establish new analysis of origin for frog legs. The specific pattern of isotopes within each animal can tell, whether they indeed stem from sustainable farms.
27.04.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Global climate change is costing the wine industry billions of dollars each year. An international team of researchers established a “Global Risk Index for Wine Regions”.
28.04.2017 News
unspecific Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding 17 new Priority Programmes with a total of €100 million. Three of the Life Science projects are focused on bio-based economy.
03.05.2017 News
Automobile unspecific Agriculture sciences
Industry 4.0 via digitalization spanning robots and bio-based economy – that is the main message of the Hannover Messe 2017.
04.05.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
More than 250,000 Europeans voiced their support for a change in the agriculture industry towards sustainable farming policies across Europe.
05.05.2017 News
Automobile unspecific Energy technologies
The consumption of bioethanol as part of the petrol market has increased slightly in Germany. In 2016 1.2 million tonnes of bio-based ethanol has been added to fuels.
Researcher Profile
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
What are the effects of plastic waste on ecosystems? That is the question that biologist Carolin Völker and her colleague Johanna Kramm are trying to answer with their projects in their junior research group ‘PlastX’.
10.05.2017 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Environmental technology
A body of research has shown the negative consequences of microplastics for aqueous life. Now, a seminal paper that had demonstrated behavioural changes in fish was retracted.
10.05.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
The global cultivation area of GMO crops is growing, but Europe and especially Germany remain sceptical regarding the usage of GMOs.
10.04.2017 Studies and statistics
Consumables Plants unspecific
The study published by the Institute for Bioplastics and Bio-Compounds (IfBB) provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the bioplastics sector.
22.10.2024 Country
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Australia has a technologically advanced agricultural industry and is also well-established in industrial biotechnology. While there is currently no national bioeconomy strategy, individual states are increasingly pursuing bioeconomic initiatives. For example, Queensland has entered into a cooperation agreement with the German government in the field of bioeconomy research.
12.02.2020 Country
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In the Alpine Republic, the bioeconomy strategy is based on the food industry, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and the timber industry.
Researcher Profile
Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
Even as a child, Nicole Dubilier was fascinated by the sea. Today, she counts among the world's leading microbiologists.
22.05.2025 Success story
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
From cosmetics to the food industry – in the BioTrim research project, enzymes from marine bacteria are used to modify carrageenans.
16.05.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers were able to clarify how the oil-eating marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis synthesises a natural detergent to destroy the alkanes contained in crude oil.
28.12.2020 Country
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Japan is a highly industrialized country and, as a mountainous island nation, has special geographical conditions. These circumstances mean that Japan mostly has to import food, animal feed and biomass for industrial use, and bioenergy only plays a minor role. Biomass as a chemical raw material, on the other hand, has a long tradition in Japan. In a country with a strong research sector, the same applies to biotechnology. This is probably one reason why the bioeconomy strategy adopted in 2019 focuses strongly on the high-tech side of the bioeconomy.
04.10.2017 Country
Chemistry unspecific Forestry
Sustainable biomass production is being promoted in the wooded kingdom.
15.09.2015 Country
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The strongest South American economy is rich in bio-based raw materials. The Amazon country has unrivaled biodiversity. However, there is no bioeconomy strategy.
22.08.2016 Country
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The bioeconomy already found its way into South Africa’s innovation policy several years ago.
10.10.2015 Country
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Thailand does not have its own bioeconomy strategy, but is one of Asia’s pioneers with regard to biotechnology. Political strategies for the further development of biotechnology have existed since 2004.
20.05.2025 Interview
Chemistry Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the MycoColors project, a team led by Friederike Hoberg is investigating the potential of fungi-based dyes for the fashion and textile industries.
